Roofing-tile



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E. 0. LINDEMANN. ROOFING TILE.

No.3 I Patented Apr. 19,1887.-

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PHEnlQ L ERNEST CHARLES LINDE ANN, or BALTIMORE, MARYLAND-QT ROOFING-TILE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent. No. 361,425, dated April 19, 1887.

Application filed January 17, 1887. Serial No. 224,651.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEs'r CHARLES LINDE- MANN, of the city of Baltimore and State of Maryland, have invented certain Improvements in Roofing-Tiles, of which the following is a specification. 1

In carrying out this invention I combine two differently-constructed tiles-that is to say, a base-tile, which is laid on the roof proper, and a covering-tile, which is employed where the sides of two base-tiles come together to cover the, joint. Some of these covering-tiles are, however, modified somewhat in construction, as hereinafter described, to adapt them to the caves of the roof, and where the same are employed to cover steeples and other py-v ramidal and conical structures, as will hereinafter fully appear.

In the further description of the said invention which follows reference is made to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, and in whi'ch- V Figure I is a side view of the roof of a building covered with my improved tiles. Figs. II to X are enlarged views of the tiles, as hereinafter described in detail.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar partsof the invention in all the figures.

In the said drawings, A A represent the foundation or base tiles, each one of which consists of a curved tapering plate, at, having a rectangular offset on its under side, which serves as a base or stand for the tile, and this offset at one end of the tile does not extendto the edge of the same, in order that it may belaid over a similar tile situated directly below it on the roof. The rectangular offset is shown in several of the figures; but it is best illustrated in Fig. X, which is an under side view of one of the foundation or base tiles.

The curve of the inner surface of the tile at its upper end is enlarged to receive the overhanging portion of the curved plate of the tile next aboveit; consequently the end of the 11pper tile comes against a projection or offset formed by the said enlargement.

B B are the covering-tiles, which consist, simply, of a tapered plate, d, adapted to straddle the adjoining edges of the base-tiles. (See Fig. VIII, which is a perspective view of two foundation-tiles and one covering-tile.)

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ably greater than the combined width of the adjoining edges of the two foundation-tiles, in View of which the latter can'be spread farther apart at one end than at the other. The tiles are thus particularly adapted for covering roofs ofvarious shapes, and particularly roofs of conical or pyramidal form, as shown tothe right in Fig. I of the drawings.

. In covering a conical or pyramidal bodysuch as a tower or steeple-as shown in the drawing Fig. I, the foundation-tiles are set in radial lines which extend from the eaves toward the apex, and the joints protected by the covering-tiles, as before described. As these radial lines approach the apex, it is evi dent that there would not be suflicient room for the foundation-tiles in a line drawn around the steeple. I therefore discontinue the first set of radial lines at that point and begin a new set, but with fewer in number. By this means I' am enabled to carry the tiles to the apex on radial lines.

It is evident that at the point where the various sets of tiles connect some means must be employed to establish the continuity of the covering. I therefore use as the last of the first set of covering-tiles tiles made as shown in Fig. V, which is a top view of the same. By reference to this figure it will be seen that its upper end is closed by being flattened. Over these flattened ends I lay the first row of the second series of foundation-tiles, which are continued in an upward direction until a further reduction in the number of tiles is re quired. This operation is continued untilthe entire conical or pyramidal body is covered.

In order to prevent rain from beating under the covering1tiles at the eaves of the roof, I construct the lowest one of each series with a der side view of one of such tiles.

Fig. II is a top view of a foundation or base tile, and Fig. VI is an end view of the same.

' head, 6, as shown in Fig. IV, which is an un-' and an interior projection thereof formed by l 3. As an improvement in roofing-tiles, the enlarging the curvature of the inner surface, i combination of two foundation-tiles which conwhereby it is adapted to receive the oven sist of curved plates having fiat foundation offhanging portion of the plate of the tile next sets formed on their under side, and a curved 5 above it, substantially as and for the purpose covering-plate adapted to be placed over the specified. adjoining edges of the said foundationtiles, 2. As an improvement in roofing tiles, a substantially as and for the purpose specified. foundation-tile which consists of a tapering curved plate having a flat foundation ofiset HHM'LS Lnmmnx' i0 and an interior projection formed by enlarg- I Witnesses:

ing the curvature of the inner surface, sub- \VM. 1. HOWARD,

stantially as and for the purpose specified.

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